Pencil and igniter



L. V. ARONSO'N.

PENCIL AND IGNITER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-19' 1919.

Patented June 8, 1920.

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UNITED STATES.

LOUIS v. ARONSON, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PENCIL AND IGNITER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented June 8, 1920.

Application filed November 19, 1919. Serial No. 339,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs V. AnoNsoN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils and Igniters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined penoil and igniter adapted for convenient car-.

rying in the pocket, and it has for its object the provision of a device ofthis character in which there is combined a magazine pencil and an igniter of the pyrophoric type, the barrel, of the pencil being equipped withreleasably attachable means for securing it to the garment of the wearer, said attaching means carrying the pyrophoric element in such manner as to permit of'its removal and renewal, and the upper portion of the barrel of the pencil-being equipped with means for housing the striker and the carrying of fuel therefor.

A further object of my invention is the inclusionof all the parts of the device within the usual compass of the ordinary magazine pencil.

To the above ends my invention consists in the peculiar combination and arran ements of the various related elements 0 a pencil and igniter as hereinafter described and more particularly set forth in theappended claims.

Referring to the accompanyin drawings, forming a portion of this speci cation and in which the same referencenumerals indicate the same parts wherever used,

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation partly in section, of the device;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective showing certain parts in separated relation, and

Fig.3 is a section on line 3 -3 of Fig. 1.

4 designates the barrel of a magazine pencil, carrying a rotatable member 5 controlling the projection of the lead 6 in the usual manner. A partition 7 is formed in the barrel 4 above the pencil mechanism in. order to provide a chamber 8 which contains an absorbent member 9 adapted to receive suitable fuel liquid, the chamber 8 being open at the upper end and screw th eaded at 10 to engage the threaded portion 11 of a striker 12 comprising a handle 18, stem 14, holder 15, engaging the wick member 16,

and a striking portion 17 formed in the usual manner for strikers for pyrophoric ignition.

A clip member composed of a garment engaging spring finger 18 is removably held in 'pOS1t10I1 upon the barrel 4 by resilient arms 19, 20, such arms being formed integral with the sides 21-22 respectively of the pyrophoric metal holder 28 open top and bottom, but having a top retaining flage 24 extending around three sides thereof in order to retain the pyrophoric metal strips 25 inserted 1n the holder through the bottom opening and held therein against the barrel striker off of the striking surface 27.

By this construction the renewal of the pyrophoric metal 25 may be accomplished by removing the clip 23 from the barrel 4 and inserting a new member 25 and replacing the clip, the pyrophoric metal being held in place between the flange 24 and the barrel 4 by means of resilient arms 19 and 20 which encircle the barrel 4 and hold the member 23 in engagement therewith.

Considerable variation of the details as described herein maybe resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention which is to be construed in the light of the following claims.

What I claim as new:

1. In a device of the class described, a fuel chamber, a member forming a closure for said chamber and having a striker mounted thereon and extending into the fuel chamber, a member mounted on the fuel chamber, and a pyrophoric element mounted on said last referred to member.

2. In a device of the character described, a barrel, lead holding means at one end of said barrel, a fuel chamber at its opposite end, a striker member in said fuel chamber and forming the closure for said chamber, means carried by the barrel for attaching the pencil to a garment, and a pyrophoric member carried by said attaching means.

3. In a device of the character described. a barrel, lead holding and projecting means at one end of said barrel, a fuel chamber at its opposite end, a striker member in said fuel chamber, means carried by the barrel for attaching the pencil to a garment, and a pyrophoric member carried by said attaching means.

4. In a device of the character described, a barrel, lead holding and projecting means at one end of said barrel, a fuel chamber in its opposite end, a striker member in said fuel chamber and forming the closure for said chamber, means carried by the barrel for attaching the pencil to a garment, and 10 a removable pyrophoric member carried by said attaching means.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS V. ARONSON. Witnesses L. D. ULRICH, ALEXANDER HARRIS. 

